Saturday, March 2, was the start of the Iditarod (the big dog sled race from Anchorage to Nome). We had such a fun time going out and watching it! It was such a beautiful, sunny day. Also very warm compared to last year!! Perfect to be out and about. The location we went to watch also had free lunch and hot chocolate, which was a double bonus! The nice mushers would even reach out and give all the kids high-5's as they rode past. The kids loved that! After that we headed into downtown and walked around to see all the Fur Rondy stuff going on. Then we went into the Anchorage Museum to kill some time, before walking back over to watch the Running of the Reindeer that didn't start till 4 p.m.. That ended up being a total flop because we couldn't see anything. Kelsey slept through it (on me) and Tyler got lost momentarily. The kids were totally worn out from all the walking we'd done during the day, so it was just really time to go home. But up until the very end we all had such a fun day! It was really great to get outside and not freeze to death (it was like 30-32 degrees!!)
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| Picnic in the snow: chili dogs, chips, cookies, hot chocolate. |
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| Waiting with outstretched arms... |
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| Reach! Reach! Got it :). |
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| A random fur man. Madi is not so sure about him and wouldn't get any closer than that. |
We finally made it home for baths, grocery shopping, dinner, Kelsey's birthday cake, scriptures, stories, and early BED!!! We were all quite worn out from the day, but what a great day it was :).
2 comments:
How fun!! I want to come to Iditarod next year. Actually, I just want to come to Anchorage- anytime will do as long as I get to play with you guys!
I just have to laugh at having a picnic in the snow! It sounds crazy, but I do understand about enjoying the warmer (32 degrees) after temps at 0 for awhile it does feel amazingly warm as we discovered the past few weeks.
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